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Border skirmish with Afghanistan leaves six soldiers injured in SWA; Iran fires mortars into Paksitan

Border skirmish with Afghanistan leaves six soldiers injured in SWA; Iran fires mortars into Paksitan
July 1, 2015
PESHAWAR (92 News) - As many as six security personnel were injured in cross firing from Afghan security forces in South Waziristan on Wednesday. As per details, Afghan security forces morning fired mortal shells at a security a checkpost in the Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan. Reports of rising tensions were received as the Taliban step up attacks in Afghanistan as a part of their annual offensive. Earlier on June 22, an Inter-Services Intelligence officer was accused of involvement in a Taliban attack targeting the Afghan Parliament building on June 22. Meanwhile, mortar shells were also fired from the Iranian border into Pakistan.